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I’m on Iona in about 10 days. Is it worth waiting until I’m on board to book another cruise that I’ve seen for May? I’ve found a good price at a TA but don’t know if there are extra perks or better prices for booking on board? The TA price is about £180 cheaper than the P&O website. Thanks

Our apps have stopped working too. Must be a central IT glitch. We sail tomorrow…

The new packages for Plus and Premier don’t start on Sky Princess until the next Southampton departure on 19 August.

There was only one line at the QEII terminal in Southampton back in May. We were in the queue and at the check in desk for a total of around 2 mins. 90 seconds of that was the staff member walking away to fetch our medallions from the box. It felt quite slick and fast moving. Will see what it’s like on Aug 19th…..

Still a lot of confusion despite reading all 56 pages and reading all the Princess info. I’m on Sky on 19th August, so the first cruise with these changes for this ship. I only booked about 7 weeks ago so paid the higher price for Plus (£50). My main account screen shows the package as purchased (red). But the bit I’ve highlighted in green at the bottom states to check the ‘travel summary’ to show exactly what is included. When I check that there is no mention of casual dining, OceanNow or room service. Complete madness for these changes to be implemented so quickly.

Shows have been at 8pm and 10.15pm. No idea about dining rooms as we eat early (5.30 - 6.00pm) and there is plenty of tables available.

Skagen is back on, Zebrugge now removed.

Launched in 2019, but was only in dry dock last month so I would have thought serious maintenance would have been done then.

Been to zeebruge many times before. Nothing for me there. Already been to Bruges before too.

Just had notification that our itinerary has changed due to maintenance on the diesel generators overrunning. Shame that Skagen will now be missed and less time in Copenhagen. Really not fussed with Zeebrugge as a replacement- won’t bother getting off this ship.

My original reservations were made weeks ago, on the day they went live. I had my pick of every time and restaurant.

Noticed when looking on the website yesterday that my cruise (May 27th) and others in May are showing as ‘Currently Not Available’ rather than ‘Sold Out’ etc. there were lots of cabins available on my cruise a few days ago. Anyone know anything? Website glitch? By a coincidence on the same day, all my dining reservations for 5pm (private table for 2) have been moved to 5.40pm. Surely the restaurants are less busy at 5pm? Thanks

I was on Enchanted in the summer and I grabbed all the menus I could from the QR codes around the ship. See this thread

We were on this cruise and I have to say it was the worst cruise we’ve ever done. Massive drop in standards from previous P&O experiences. Nothing really major wrong and if it had been our first cruise we’d have ranked it okay. However there has been clear penny pinching by the company and the ship felt understaffed. Will give P&O a wide berth for a bit until we hear things have improved.

Yes it is... Photo taken on Enchanted end of July 2022. It's also one of the standard cocktails that you can order anytime on the app.

Never sailed Princess before so was interested to see how the medallion and ordering drinks worked in real life... Each bar etc had a tablet computer which displayed the photos of anyone stood nearby (see attached photo). The server would simply tap your photo to process your drinks order. It looks like there were symbols next to each photo that showed if you have a drinks package or not. Never got charged for any drinks whilst on board. Found the whole ordering process extremely quick and efficient. (we had the plus package). Never had to scan/swipe my medallion once for drinks. Delivery to my table/area after ordering on the app was quite good too, although I did have two orders never arrive and I had to go to a bar to get them made. I'm sorry that one of you has reported a virus problem - no idea how that has happened. I've scanned the files myself and can't see any issue. The majority of the PDFs are simply copies of the web-browser page that appears once a QR code is scanned - this has then been converted to PDF using the Dropbox app on my phone - the only potential thing that may bring up a 'threat' is that the PDF contains a hyperlink/URL back to the original page (which you can't access unless you are connected to the ship WiFi). I can't answer the question regarding prices in Good Spirits - I've already uploaded the only menu I found in there. I did 90% of my drink ordering in Take Five - outstanding service from Jeny. If anyone is onboard soon and sees her, tell her 'Phil with the Jack and Coke says hi!'. Our cruise started in Southampton and went to Norway and Iceland so I've no idea where the wine stocks came from. I don't drink wine so the stock (or lack of) never bothered me.

Just got off Enchanted yesterday (5th August). Thought some of you may appreciate sight of the latest bar menus that you get when you scan the QR codes around the ship. World Fresh Marketplace Menu Ocean Concierge.pdfWake View Bar Menu Ocean Concierge.pdfVista Lounge Menu Ocean Concierge.pdfTake Five Lounge Menu Ocean Concierge.pdfSeaView Bar Menu Ocean Concierge.pdfSabatini's Italian Trattoria Menu Ocean Concierge.pdfrs-gs-digitalmenu-originaldrinks_v5.pdfPrincess Casino Menu Ocean Concierge.pdfInternational Cafe Menu Ocean Concierge.pdfCrown Grill Menu Ocean Concierge.pdfCrooners Bar & Lounge Menu Ocean Concierge.pdf